Tell Pennsylvania Lawmakers: Nuclear Bailouts Are Not the Answer!

The operator of Three Mile Island (TMI) in Dauphin County, claims the plant will close this year if it doesn’t receive financial help. Of course, the company is hoping ratepayers across the state will foot that bill through a government bailout.

Lawmakers could soon consider a bailout bill that would make TMI a winner and Pennsylvania ratepayers the losers. A ratepayer-funded bailout would basically be a regressive tax on electricity and would mean higher energy costs for all consumers.

Instead, of handing out our hard-earned money to a private business, lawmakers should enact policies that encourage a diverse range of products in the market to increase competition. This would keep prices lower for consumers and ultimately yield better products.

Tell lawmakers to oppose nuclear bailouts in Pennsylvania!

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Dear Officials:

On behalf of all hardworking Pennsylvanians, I ask you to oppose nuclear bailouts.

Four of the five nuclear power plants in the commonwealth turned a profit in 2018. The only exception was Three Mile Island — and Pennsylvania ratepayers should not have to cover that shortfall.

Bailouts are corporate welfare schemes that ruin market competition and stifle innovation, hurting the economy and costing more jobs down the road.

Instead of picking winners and losers and forcing Pennsylvania families to pay more to bail out a private company, you and other lawmakers should enact policies that increase competition to maintain a diverse mix of products that enable lower prices for consumers.

Please stand by your constituents and oppose nuclear bailouts.

Sincerely,

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The operator of Three Mile Island (TMI) in Dauphin County, claims the plant will close this year if it doesn’t receive financial help. Of course, the company is hoping ratepayers across the state will foot that bill through a government bailout.

Lawmakers could soon consider a bailout bill that would make TMI a winner and Pennsylvania ratepayers the losers. A ratepayer-funded bailout would basically be a regressive tax on electricity and would mean higher energy costs for all consumers.

Instead, of handing out our hard-earned money to a private business, lawmakers should enact policies that encourage a diverse range of products in the market to increase competition. This would keep prices lower for consumers and ultimately yield better products.